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Sir Patrick Moore investigates the longest total eclipse of the sun for many years.
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Starting Tuesday 6th October at 1930 GMT Repeated: Wednesday at 1230 GMT, Thursday at 1530 GMT and Friday at 0130 GMT. |
This year the world celebrates the International Year of Astronomy commemorating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the night sky.
2009 is also the anniversary of many other important dates in the history of science, such as the publishing of Kepler's Astronomia Nova, Huygens' Systema Saturnium, and the first moon landing.
BBC World News presents The Sky at Night covering everything around astronomy, from information on new galaxies to asteroids and comets.
This Week
The longest total eclipse of the sun for many years has just happened in India and China. Sir Patrick Moore investigates, with the help of Pete Lawrence who has the latest pictures.
Also, Chris Lintott reports from the latest Cassini conference in London.
Next Week...
Last month a mysterious, large object crashed into Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
It left behind a scar in the gas cloud the size of the Earth.
Sir Patrick Moore examines this feature with Jupiter experts John Rogers and David Rothery.
Only on BBC World News
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